23 October ~ St. James, Brother of Our Lord
According to some, this Saint was a son of Joseph the Betrothed, born of the wife that the latter had before he was betrothed to the Ever-virgin. Hence he was t...
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14 October ~ St. Parascheva the New
Our venerable Mother Paraskeve the New lived as a monastic in the 11th century. She is beloved in Romania as Parascheva and in Serbia and Macedonia as Petka. Sh...
Relics of St. Vladimir Coming to Seminary Chapel
Date: November 13, 2010 – November 14, 2010 The relics of the Seminary’s patron saint, Holy Great Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, who conver...
Christianity Should Not Change With The Times
Letter By St. Theophan the Recluse December 29, 1863 Sunday after Christ’s Birth It reached my ears that, as it seems, you consider my sermons very strict...
26 September ~ The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
This Apostle was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the elder. First a fisherman by trade, he became an ...
13 August ~ Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, Bishop of Voronezh (in the world Timothy), was born in the year 1724 in the village of Korotsk in the Novgorod diocese, into the family...
July 22 ~ Mary Magdalene, Myrrhbearer & Equal-to-the-Apostles
Saint Mary was from Magdala in Galilee on the Sea of Tiberias, and for this was named Magdalene. When the Lord Jesus cast out seven demons from her, from which ...
20 July ~ Elias the Prophet
Elias of great fame was from Thisbe or Thesbe, a town of Galaad (Gilead), beyond the Jordan. He was of priestly lineage, a man of a solitary and ascetical chara...
21 May ~ Constantine & Helen, Equal-to-the Apostles
This great and renowned sovereign of the Christians was the son of Constantius Chlorus (the ruler of the westernmost parts of the Roman empire), and of the bles...
New Romanian Saints
As the true horror of Communism is starting to unfold, new Martyrs for the faith are being revealed. No doubt there will be more as time passes. Here are three ...